Friday 22 August 2014

Installation of VMware Workstation 10 on Linux OS KNOPPIX 7.2



Download VMware Workstation 10 from VMware website as shown below




















Save the VMware Workstation 10 installation file in the folder of our choice as shown below













Then install the VMware Workstation 10 software for Linux OS by running the command under SU-mode (super user mode), that is,  #  ./VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.3-1895310.i386.bundle and press ENTER  as shown below























After the VMware Workstation 10 for Linux OS installation is completed, open up a Linux terminal prompt and then under SU-mode (super user mode) run the command  # vmware and press ENTER and continue with the steps as shown below to install the Guest OS .  I installed Windows XP Operating System as my Guest OS as shown below .




















Thursday 7 August 2014

Run Speedtest.net by Ookla after successfully installing ' flashplugin-nonfree '



Speedtest.net by Ookla run successfully using Iceweasel browser after installing ' flashplugin-nonfree ' package using Synaptic Package Manager that come preinstalled with Linux Operating System KNOPPIX 7.4

Download and install the package ' flashplugin-nonfree ' using Synaptic Package Manager '



Installed  ' flashplugin-nonfree '  using Synaptic Package Manager as shown above

Wednesday 6 August 2014

Google chrome software working and running on the Linux Operating System KNOPPIX 7.4 after installation of libappindicator1




root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ls -alh|more
total 59K
drwxr-xr-x 38 knoppix knoppix 488 Aug 7 11:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 72 Aug 7 10:53 ..
drwx------ 4 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Feb 3 2011 .adobe
drwx------ 14 knoppix knoppix 240 Aug 7 10:57 .cache
drwx------ 27 knoppix knoppix 176 Aug 7 10:57 .config
drwx------ 3 knoppix knoppix 80 Aug 7 10:53 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jan 12 2010 .debtags
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 72 Aug 7 10:53 Desktop
drwx------ 2 knoppix knoppix 104 Aug 7 11:20 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Apr 6 2012 .elinks
-rw------- 1 knoppix knoppix 16 Sep 14 2009 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x 6 knoppix knoppix 96 Aug 7 10:53 .gconf
drwx------ 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Sep 13 2011 .gconfd
drwxr-xr-x 24 knoppix knoppix 6.0K Feb 4 2013 .gimp-2.8
drwx------ 4 knoppix knoppix 72 Aug 7 10:53 .gnome
drwx------ 4 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jun 30 2011 .gnome2
drwx------ 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jun 14 2009 .gnome2_private
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 48 Aug 7 10:53 .gnome_private
-rw-r--r-- 1 knoppix knoppix 32 Jan 26 2010 .gtkrc-2.0
drwxr-xr-x 3 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Aug 28 2010 .java
drwxr-xr-x 4 knoppix users 72 Feb 7 16:25 .kde
-rw-r--r-- 1 knoppix users 427 Jul 29 23:29 .kderc
-rw------- 1 knoppix knoppix 186 Jun 13 2013 .lesshst
drwxr-xr-x 4 knoppix knoppix 96 Aug 7 10:53 .local
drwx------ 3 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Feb 3 2011 .macromedia
drwx------ 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jan 12 2010 .mc
drwx------ 5 knoppix users 72 Aug 7 10:54 .mozilla
drwx------ 3 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jul 14 2008 .mozilla-thunderbird
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Feb 7 2012 .mplayer
drwx------ 3 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Feb 3 2011 .pki
drwx------ 2 knoppix knoppix 104 Aug 7 10:57 .pulse
-rw------- 1 knoppix knoppix 256 Jun 13 2013 .pulse-cookie
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 96 Aug 7 10:53 .qt
drwx------ 4 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Aug 31 2010 .thumbnails
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# cd Downloads
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads# ls -alh
total 47M
drwx------ 2 knoppix knoppix 104 Aug 7 11:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 38 knoppix knoppix 488 Aug 7 11:19 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 knoppix knoppix 47M Aug 7 11:20 google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads# dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable.
(Reading database ... 433434 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (from google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-stable:
google-chrome-stable depends on libappindicator1; however:
Package libappindicator1 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing google-chrome-stable (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
google-chrome-stable
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads# dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads# dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 433615 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace google-chrome-stable 36.0.1985.125-1 (using google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement google-chrome-stable ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable (36.0.1985.125-1) ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix/Downloads#



Google Chrome icon on the Linux Operating System KNOPPIX 7.4 desktop as shown above
 


Download and install the package libappindicator1 using Synaptic Package Manager